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FEBRUARY 1, 2012
7.
2007 - Tribal Council Chairman Chris Mercier and Vice Chair
woman Angie Blackwell gifted a Pendleton blanket to Chinook Tribal
Chairman Ray Gardner at the Chinook Plankhouse in Ridgefield,
Wash., on Jan. 20 during the fifth annual Chinook Winter Gather
ing. "Let's just say that I am completely envious of their longhouse,"
Mercier said. "I really hope that Grand Ronde can eventually get
something like that."
2002 The Tribe's philanthropic arm, Spirit Mountain Community
Fund, moved from offices at Spirit Mountain Casino to two new offices
built at the Tribal Governance Building. Community Fund Director
Angela Blackwell said she was proud of the $14 million the Tribe has
given to nonprofit organizations in western Oregon since the fund's
creation in 1997.
1997 The Feb. 2 General Council meeting featured a report on Na
nitch Sahallie Youth Treatment Center by Dr. Bob Ryan, manager of
the facility. Nanitch Sahallie was a live-in treatment center for teenag
ers 13 to 18 years of age who are Native American. It was established
in 1989 in Keizer, Ore. Nanitch Sahallie was one of only eight Native
American youth treatment centers in the United States, Ryan said.
1992 Tribal member Myrna Brandon won a $50 gift certificate
from Fred Meyer for suggesting the name of the new Community
Council's project. She suggested Chee Mamook, which is Chinuk
Wawa for "New Beginnings," reported Community Encourager Mi
chael J. Larsen.
1987 Navy Seaman recruit Randall L. Leno, son of Tribal Council
member Russell Leno, completed training at the Recruit Training
Center in San Diego, Calif. He was sent to Alameda, Calif., and was
assigned to the nuclear aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year incre
ments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
Chinuk Wawa classes offered
, The Tribe's Cultural Education Department offers adult Chinuk
Wawa language classes from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday
in Room 207 of the Tribal Education Building.
Language classes can be taken for college credit or for fun.
For more information, call 503-879-2249 or 503-437-4599. D
Entrepreneurship program
seeks business mentors
MERIT, in conjunction with Chemeketa Community College and the
Grand Ronde Education Division, is looking for experienced business
professionals and owners to mentor aspiring entrepreneurs enrolled in
the business start-up program called Indianpreneurship now being offered
in Grand Ronde.
Volunteer business mentors will have the opportunity to sit one-on-one
with the entrepreneurs and provide valuable advice, insight and support
from their own business experience.
Business mentors are a proven factor to entrepreneurial success; these
business mentors will not only be helping the individual entrepreneur
achieve business success, but also will be contributing the economic de
velopment of their community.
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, contact Mona
Edwards, medwar44chemeketa.edu. MERIT welcomes mentors from any
background or industry. B
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1 The Tribe's Cultural Resources Department is offering a powwow
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1 This is a family dance class for all ages that teaches all powwow
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"my call load will go down."
Legislators in attendance antici
pate a technical fix in the current
legislative session for an unex
pected problem with SB 412.
"Legislators in attendance antici
pate a technical fix for both clarifi
cation and certainty. Hopefully that
will happen in the upcoming Febru
ary legislative session," said Tribal
member Justin Martin, who is also
lobbyist in Salem for the Tribe.
"Salem is the capital of unin
tended consequences," said Oregon
Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, a
supporter of both the bill and the
fix.
It is important to make sure the
implementation of SB 412 goes
well, because without follow-up
action by the Legislature, it will
sunset in 2015.
"It doesn't matter the color of the
uniform," said state Sen. Floyd Pro
zanski, D-Eugene, who supported
the bill and supports the fix. "We
just need someone there to do the
job."
The keynote address was deliv
ered by Paul DeMuniz, Chief Jus
tice of the Oregon Supreme Court
who presided over the Oregon v.
Kurtz case involving Tribal police
arresting a suspect fleeing from the
Warm Springs Reservation.
The suspect was arrested off the
reservation, prosecuted and con
victed. The Oregon Appeals Court
quashed the decision saying that
under law, the Tribal officer was
not a police officer and had no ju
risdiction off the reservation.
The Supreme Court found that
the arrest was legal, but opened
the floodgates to litigation for
every off-reservation arrest in the
future. The Legislature, as a re
sult, approved SB 412 to eliminate
that loophole, and simultaneously
bring Tribal police into the same
league as other police forces in the
state.
"I don't know if everybody's happy
(with the legislation)," said Jack
Lawson, Tribal liaison for the Or
egon Youth Authority, "but they're
getting happier. There are some
good things happening."
In Grand Ronde, the Tribe has
been supportive of the legislation.
"This has been a long time com
ing," said Tribal Chairwoman
Cheryle A. Kennedy. "One of the
things I endeavored to do when I
came into office is to establish law
enforcement here for a safe, healthy
community. The first thing was to
provide health and wellness and
security for our members."
She told a story from years ago
when she got a call that a Tribal
member was coming to Grand
Ronde to hurt somebody. Kennedy
remembered calling Yamhill and
Polk county police.
"Two days later," she said, "the
police showed up."
The effort to keep Tribal members
safe "has been fraught with many
problems," she added, "but they are
solved with good relationships.
"I'm very pleased that we could
sit at the same table for this meet
ing and get to know each other.
Some of the walls have been broken
down at this meeting."
For Tribal Council member Kath
leen Tom, her question for the
meeting was, "How are we going to
put this together, to make it work?"
At the same time, she added, "I'm
happy it's happening."
The Tribe "hopes to be up to
operations by the end of May,"
said McKnight, but continues to
evaluate whether to hire two more
officers with an existing grant.
"If I can stay busy," said McK
night, "I'm happy. And I've been
staying busy. It'll be good for the
community." H
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